Adding entries to wbar

[gerald_clark]

Re-read reply #6.

[Rich]

Hi Paulo
I don't use  jwm  so I'm not familiar with it. Maybe check out some of the  .jwmrc  directories under  usr/share/jwm/tce/

[Rich]

Hi Paulo
You could also look the makemenu script for clues:

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less `which jwm_makemenu`

[AmatCoder]

Yes there is a pop-up menu but strangely it does not display the new entry I have made.
It runs perfectly and icon is displayed in wbar, but not listed in the pop-up menu, yet others like FireFox17 are,
which is what I modeled my entry on.

Applications pop-up menu is generated by every window manager with xxx_makemenu scripts. Example: jwm_makemenu or openbox_makemenu

It read *.desktop files from /usr/local/share/applications/ and generates a custom menu.

[Paulo]

@gerald_clark

Is there any reason as to why .wmx is included in .xfiletool.lst by default before I take it out?

@Rich

I will look at:

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less `which jwm_makemenu`
@AmatCoder

It read *.desktop files from /usr/local/share/applications/ and generates a custom menu.

That is what I also understood, but it does not do it until a reboot or a restart of the X server for some reason.
(B.T.W. Thank you very much for gtkdialog.tcz, works very well).

[AmatCoder]

It read *.desktop files from /usr/local/share/applications/ and generates a custom menu.

That is what I also understood, but it does not do it until a reboot or a restart of the X server for some reason.

_makemenu scripts are executed by tce-load when install. You can force it with:

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tc@box:~$ desktop.sh foo
tc@box:~$ jwm_restart

where 'foo' is the name of desktop item in /usr/local/share/applications i.e. foo.desktop

EDIT:
Alternatively:

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tc@box:~$ jwm_makemenu foo
tc@box:~$ jwm_restart
if you don't want add an icon from 'X-FullPathIcon' field to wbar.

[Paulo]

Thanks AmatCoder those are handy bits of information.
What I also do if I don't want to use wbar is to make the .desktop file as per normal but just keep it in a directory,
rox will show the associated icon and when I click on it it will run what ever is in the Exec= line.
Very handy to run cli apps in aterm or even gtkdialog scripts.